LADDER

Fascinated by airships and the idea of floating in the air, Jean-Pierre David wonders why nature has not created aerostatic life forms.

Through Aérosculpture, he has developed an artistic project based on helium, whose most iconic creation is undoubtedly the Aéroplume, a single-person airship.

Since the mid-1990s, he has been designing all kinds of inflatable objects, bringing them to life in lightweight installations or in large-scale aerial spectacles of monumental proportions.

Light has gradually found its way into his work thanks to the lightness and low power consumption of LED systems. Over time, he has devised lighting systems in which inflatables, LEDs, and electromechanical components intertwine.

All of his creations, tangible through their materiality, explore transparency or the speed of light. Design is an integral part of his works, and his objects are exhibited around the world.

Conquering the air. Before having the audacity to invent wings, man’s obsession with knowing what is going on up there, in the clouds, opens the way to all possible imaginations. In the end, wouldn’t the simplest way for the Cartesian mind be a ladder, with more and more rungs, stretched towards the sky? It is this quest for celestial height that Jean-Pierre David, with Aérosculpture, visits and questions by proposing this aerostatic ladder which attempts the impossible.